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Books like Redshirts

12 books with a reading profile close to Redshirts by John Scalzi. Outward-looking and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Supernaturalist

by Eoin Colfer

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Cosmo Hill is a fourteen-year-old boy in the grim Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, a futuristic orphanage in Satellite City where children are used as subjects in tests.
2

Maze Runner. Expedientes secretos

by James Dashner, V&R Editoras

Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction

This volume functions as a confidential archive that bridges the gap between the initial trilogy and the prequel.
3

Maze Runner. Arquivos

by James Dashner

Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Maze Runner: Arquivos serves as a confidential dossier compiled by the organization WICKED, providing supplemental documentation that expands the history of the Glade.
4

Insurgent

by Veronica Roth

Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Following the collapse of the social order in futuristic Chicago, Tris Prior and Four become fugitives fleeing the Erudite faction's lethal pursuit.
5

Have Space Suit—Will Travel

by Robert A. Heinlein

Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Kip Russell, a high school student determined to reach the Moon, wins a surplus Oscar rocket suit in a soap jingle contest.
6

Daughter of the Deep

by Rick Riordan

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a school that trains elite marine scientists and naval warriors.
7

OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE

by Matt Dinniman

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

On the planet New Sonora, colonist Oliver faces a lethal technological onslaught initiated by distant corporations.
8

The Kaiju Preservation Society

by John Scalzi

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Jamie Gray leaves a dead-end food delivery job to join an animal rights organization.
9

Starter Villain

by John Scalzi

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Charlie Fante is a substitute teacher struggling to stay afloat when he inherits an international villainy empire from his estranged uncle.
10

The Demon Headmaster (Oxford Modern Playscripts)

by Gillian Cross

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Dinah Glass arrives at a new school where the student body displays unnatural, robotic discipline.
11

Armada

by Ernest Cline

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

Zack Lightman is a high school student and expert gamer who spends his time playing Armada, a flight simulator involving an alien invasion by a species called the Sobruchai.
12

Halo: The Fall of Reach

by Eric S. Nylund

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction

The narrative tracks the origin of the SPARTAN-II program, a clandestine military initiative led by Dr.

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